![]() "I think that kids under the age of 7 literally have not necessarily developed the part of the brain that helps them with perspective, taking and being able to understand how someone else is feeling," she says. It all depends on the age and development of your child and what kind of game you're playing, says Ashley Merryman, co-author of "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing" and "NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children." This leads me to a question many parents have: should you let your kids win - or even cheat? When we don't let him cheat, he sometimes gets very upset. He stacks the Candy Land deck, so all the candy cards are on top and tries to count wrong to move his piece and avoid a chute. He's made his way through all the classics like Clue Jr., Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land, over and over again.īut pretty quickly, after learning to play each game, he's also figured out how to try to change the rules, or cheat, so he wins. My son, who is almost 4, recently became very big on board games.
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